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she joins us from houston. molly, tell us a bit more about the boy scouts explanation for why they are reaffirming this policiment policy -- policy, what are they saying. >> it's interesting the announcement made yesterday. reaffirmed the policy, it reiterated what had already been said and it came at a time as you mentioned when they're having these protests and high profile appearances by jennifer turrell and others who have been outed as gay scout leaders or gay scouts. so the reaffirmation were seen by observers who i talked to yesterday as just sort of reaffirming of the character of the scouts as a more conservative organization. some of the observers who i talked to who were, has been involved in scouting, had followed scouting for decades said this just indicated how intertwined the boy scouts of america, had come with some religious organizations that sponsor a lot of troops. that this was sort of both a moral decision but also a business decision as well. >> brown: to be clear, this is akin to a don't
she joins us from houston. molly, tell us a bit more about the boy scouts explanation for why they are reaffirming this policiment policy -- policy, what are they saying. >> it's interesting the announcement made yesterday. reaffirmed the policy, it reiterated what had already been said and it came at a time as you mentioned when they're having these protests and high profile appearances by jennifer turrell and others who have been outed as gay scout leaders or gay scouts. so the...
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has anybody used scratch before? >> reporter: it's a chance to see women at work in science and technology. at lunch in the big google cafeteria, they sit next to women software engineers and programmers, some only a few years older than the girls. >> we do competitions in math. >> yeah, what kind? >> i think part of the message that techbridge wants to communicate is that science and engineering are fun and really cool, but that it also involves working hard and that working hard really can help you in your future. we'll talk about a really hard math class that they took; how they found a tutor; studied harder; talked with teachers >> reporter: ebony green is getting tutored in math. >> a lot of kids, they'll just like they'll be like, that they're going to do good. but they usually just don't. they just say they will. but when i say it, i actually try, and somethings i fail, i fail but i just try again. i'm not like other kids. i want to be like a lot of things, but i know i'm going to have to choose a couple: and
has anybody used scratch before? >> reporter: it's a chance to see women at work in science and technology. at lunch in the big google cafeteria, they sit next to women software engineers and programmers, some only a few years older than the girls. >> we do competitions in math. >> yeah, what kind? >> i think part of the message that techbridge wants to communicate is that science and engineering are fun and really cool, but that it also involves working hard and that...
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that's a red line for us. they need to know that if they take that step that they're going to get stopped. >> warner: tensions between the u.s. and iran had already been heightened last week as president obama signed new sanctions legislation andwa the iraniansissued threats against americaned warips transiting the straight of hormuz. the waterways is a vital persian gulf choke point for oil shipping. today the tensions were stoked further by this announcement. >> iran has sentenced to death a detained u.s.-born iranian man charged with spying for the u.s. intelligence agency, the c.i.a.. >> warner: this man is a former u.s. marine and military translator. born in arizona to a family of iranian descent, he is said to hold dual citizenship. he was detained in iran last august and tried for espionage last month. the verdict was reported today. in washington white house spokesman jay carney rejected the charges and the death sentence. >> if true, we strongly condemn such a verdict and will work with our partners
that's a red line for us. they need to know that if they take that step that they're going to get stopped. >> warner: tensions between the u.s. and iran had already been heightened last week as president obama signed new sanctions legislation andwa the iraniansissued threats against americaned warips transiting the straight of hormuz. the waterways is a vital persian gulf choke point for oil shipping. today the tensions were stoked further by this announcement. >> iran has sentenced...
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i hope our viewers will join us there. for now, christian wiman thanks for talking to us about the "the other dope, 1010 poems in 100 years". >> there is in need more of our >> brown: there's more of our conversation about christian wiman's own poetry and his latest book, "every riven thing". that's on our poetry page. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day. a gunman set a fire in western new york state, then ambushed firefighters, killing two. it was one of several attacks nationwide, with memories of the newtown school massacre still fresh. and in bethlehem, the church of the nativity marked the arrival of christmas day with midnight mass. and the pope presided over late night services for hundreds of the faithful, in st. peter's basilica at the vatican. actor jack klugman was died in california. online, we ask "what did the world look like in 2012?" kwame holman is here to tell us. >> holman: rewind the year in photos and revisit some of the most memorable and tumultuous moments around the globe. find that s
i hope our viewers will join us there. for now, christian wiman thanks for talking to us about the "the other dope, 1010 poems in 100 years". >> there is in need more of our >> brown: there's more of our conversation about christian wiman's own poetry and his latest book, "every riven thing". that's on our poetry page. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day. a gunman set a fire in western new york state, then ambushed firefighters, killing two....
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to be a factory here, used to be a payroll, used to be a middle class here where jobs have gone. offshoring, outsourcing. you know they left in their wake is lost payrolls in many cases lost lives. so i think the fact that mitt romney's credential to run for president is not as massachusetts governor which he doesn't talk about at great length s his leadership in business. and his ability to create jobs. and bain is his company. you know this is about whether in fact es gaeing to have to disclose his income over the past and his financial situation. i means that's-- . >> woodruff: tax returns. >> tax returns, it's all of the piece, it's cayman islands, it's bermuda, swiss bank accounts, outsourcing. this is somebody that doesn't understand what are you going through and what your family is going through. >> woodruff: so it's a lot bigger or not, michael than outsourcing? >> it's the obama campaign that made this not just about outsourcing but accuse mitt romney personally of lying on government documents which is a felony. that's what campaign officials did this. for that kind of
to be a factory here, used to be a payroll, used to be a middle class here where jobs have gone. offshoring, outsourcing. you know they left in their wake is lost payrolls in many cases lost lives. so i think the fact that mitt romney's credential to run for president is not as massachusetts governor which he doesn't talk about at great length s his leadership in business. and his ability to create jobs. and bain is his company. you know this is about whether in fact es gaeing to have to...
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what can you update us on? >> well, the opinions we've talked to are still divided on what this means. there are some who think that this was moving wednesday from sites that were threatened by the rebels to more secure areas. there were others who worry that.... >> brown: you mean away from potential insurgents? >> away from the rebels in the insurgent line to safeguard them for the regime. but there are others who think that the movement was a precursor to potentially using them as a part of the ethnic cleansing campaign or as part of... on the battlefield against the rebels. >> and certainly officials have spoken up two days a row, leon panetta at the pentagon yesterday and again today so some level of concern. >> right. and a clear warning that this real l invite an international response. and that's why some officials think that this is... it will not be president assad who makes the order to use this but only after he falls from power, remnants of his regime might, as last-ditch effort, start to use these
what can you update us on? >> well, the opinions we've talked to are still divided on what this means. there are some who think that this was moving wednesday from sites that were threatened by the rebels to more secure areas. there were others who worry that.... >> brown: you mean away from potential insurgents? >> away from the rebels in the insurgent line to safeguard them for the regime. but there are others who think that the movement was a precursor to potentially using...
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rest of us. well, let me tell you, mitt romney doesn't know a thing about hard work or responsibility. you see, we are the ones who built america. we are the ones who build itxvl every single day. because it's our work that connects us. i want you to look around this convention and all the hard-working men and women who make this place run. the ones keeping us safe, serving our food, driving our buses and cleaning up after the party is over. and when we go home tonight, the workers will be mopping and vacuuming and picking up our trash. so when you have a chance, thank a worker. it will make you feel good all day. so we know that everywherer here in north carolina just like every other state in this country and every country in the world deserves the right to organize and to bargain collectively. and the democratic platform unlike its counterpart inu tamp, makes crystal clear that barak obama and the democratic party will fight to protect and strengthen this fundamental human right. you see, my
rest of us. well, let me tell you, mitt romney doesn't know a thing about hard work or responsibility. you see, we are the ones who built america. we are the ones who build itxvl every single day. because it's our work that connects us. i want you to look around this convention and all the hard-working men and women who make this place run. the ones keeping us safe, serving our food, driving our buses and cleaning up after the party is over. and when we go home tonight, the workers will be...
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use his last name. he first met professor rios about two years ago, when he took part in a sociology study. >> i felt like i can relate to him. so he knew what we were about, you know, and he knows where we come from. and he knows what... he knows how to come at us, you know. at what level of respect to come at us. >> reporter: miguel's two older brothers were in gangs. he had his first interaction with the juvenile justice system at the age of 12 after he stole a bike. miguel never really liked going to class and eventually left school for good without a high school diploma. now that he's joined rios' program, though, miguel now aims to complete his g.e.d. and hopes to one day become a mechanic. >> i've seen miguel grow over the last couple of years. i've seen him become a leader in the community. >> miguel knows he's still a work in progress. >> i'm not going to go to sleep one night the devil and wake up the next day and have wings. bu, i mean, everyone has got room for change for the better, you kno
use his last name. he first met professor rios about two years ago, when he took part in a sociology study. >> i felt like i can relate to him. so he knew what we were about, you know, and he knows where we come from. and he knows what... he knows how to come at us, you know. at what level of respect to come at us. >> reporter: miguel's two older brothers were in gangs. he had his first interaction with the juvenile justice system at the age of 12 after he stole a bike. miguel never...
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a lot of these people found us acceptable. i talked to a senior vice president with focus on the family which does not endorse, they didn't attend the meeting. they said we're seeing social conservative find him acceptable. they can deal with him as the nominee. they did stress that they believe that some evangelicals are uncomfortable with his more mon faith. he's going to have to address that if he wants to deliver that vote in the general election. >> woodruff: doesn't an event like the week end meeting in texas play into the campaign in a serious way? >> i think it could have if it had been a little earlier. this campaign path is pretty well set. if they had managed to winnow the field of social conservatives, for instance, if they had said we're for santorum and we're calling on gingrich and perry to get out of the race, that might have had some influence. they didn't do that. among christian evangelicals you find significant support for gingrich. mitt romney got a third of the votes, more than rick santorum. >> woodruff:
a lot of these people found us acceptable. i talked to a senior vice president with focus on the family which does not endorse, they didn't attend the meeting. they said we're seeing social conservative find him acceptable. they can deal with him as the nominee. they did stress that they believe that some evangelicals are uncomfortable with his more mon faith. he's going to have to address that if he wants to deliver that vote in the general election. >> woodruff: doesn't an event like...
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security personnel didn't like us filming here. back at the hiding spot, the officers from changdong told uss they wouldn't give up. this "we'll keep trying to petition, but we know it publicly won't lead anywhere. still, what choice is there? we have to try." they remain unconvinced abouta the depth of corruption in china, then take their word for it. the new batch of communist party leaderappointed last month.un party secretary wander corruption it it could spelt ent of the country. but doing something about it in places like chengdong province will be do you have. they say one-party state with little transparencies or accountability. the former police chief didn'ttu return our calls. but the government could make a start by listening to their own policemen because there are many here who have had enough. >> ifill: finally tonight, another way of looking at the ongoing economic crisis in greece. jeffrey brown was in athens recently and talked to two poets about hard times now and in the nation's past. >> brown: so sometimes you'r
security personnel didn't like us filming here. back at the hiding spot, the officers from changdong told uss they wouldn't give up. this "we'll keep trying to petition, but we know it publicly won't lead anywhere. still, what choice is there? we have to try." they remain unconvinced abouta the depth of corruption in china, then take their word for it. the new batch of communist party leaderappointed last month.un party secretary wander corruption it it could spelt ent of the country....
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david maraniss joins us now. thank you for being with us. >> thank you, jude he a great to be here. >> woodruff: you didn't just dash this book off. you went all over the world, went through reems of documents, interviewed how those people. how is this different than preparing for the biography of president clinton? >> that was centered in arkansas which is, you know, another place of someone coming out of nowhere. but to tell this story of barack obama, it really is a global story in so ny way that's what fascinated me in the beginning. sort of the unlikeliness of this character coming from so many different places and weaving it together into someone who became president. >> woodruff: you were saying you decided to write it on the night of the election. you had been thinking about it, but the night he became president... >> it overwhelmd me that night. before that, i have to confess that over the years before that, i had been a little bit dispirited by the modern american political culture and was not sure that
david maraniss joins us now. thank you for being with us. >> thank you, jude he a great to be here. >> woodruff: you didn't just dash this book off. you went all over the world, went through reems of documents, interviewed how those people. how is this different than preparing for the biography of president clinton? >> that was centered in arkansas which is, you know, another place of someone coming out of nowhere. but to tell this story of barack obama, it really is a global...
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denise and joe join us now. and the author thomas jefferson pretty well-known, vice president, minister to france, secretary of state and eventually president. but the other 55, not so much. >> not so much. >> well who were they. if you were to look across the room, who was sitting in that hot summer room in philadelphia? >> the 55, i mean i would say out of the 56 men, the 5 we know are franklin, jefferson and hancock. i think these days other people would say i recognize john adams because of the mini series and sam adams because of a beer. that's just the way it is. the other men, i think if you look at them across their professions, some of them were lawyers, some were doctors. kreiger politicians. a large number made their income from agricultural work, whether that was a large plantation in the south or a small farm. >> these were men who enjoyed a role of prominence, that's how they ended up in the continental congress. some of them started out from humble beginnings. not the majority of them but there ar
denise and joe join us now. and the author thomas jefferson pretty well-known, vice president, minister to france, secretary of state and eventually president. but the other 55, not so much. >> not so much. >> well who were they. if you were to look across the room, who was sitting in that hot summer room in philadelphia? >> the 55, i mean i would say out of the 56 men, the 5 we know are franklin, jefferson and hancock. i think these days other people would say i recognize...
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has indicated is not right in front of us or available to us at this point. but everybody is talking with each other about how we can be more effective. >> woodruff: and if the annan plan, once everyone is in agreement that the annan plan isn't working, which is what you've just said, what is next? >> well, he had another meeting today. but the bottom line is he's had a cease-fire as part of the 6-point plan and obviously most independent observers believe again over the weekend the cease-fire did not, was not implemented and it had horrific consequences for people. >> woodruff: how much of an obstacle to finding a solution is it, mr. ambassador, that there are apparently serious divisions among the opposition in syria? or is that? >> well, there's different analysis of the opposition, and there's different people in the opposition. so there's not a kind of view that's necessarily clear, and unambiguous about the opposition. having said that, if the real issue here is assad and his inability to implement his word to implement a cease-fire and the consequences
has indicated is not right in front of us or available to us at this point. but everybody is talking with each other about how we can be more effective. >> woodruff: and if the annan plan, once everyone is in agreement that the annan plan isn't working, which is what you've just said, what is next? >> well, he had another meeting today. but the bottom line is he's had a cease-fire as part of the 6-point plan and obviously most independent observers believe again over the weekend the...
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